Linotype-machine.



"No. 864,564. P ATENTED-AUG. 27,1907

R. ROGERS.

' LINOTYPE MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAYlB, 1907.

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PATENTED'AUG. 27, 1907.

J. R. ROGERS LINU'JTYPE MACHINE.

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LIN OTYPE MACHINE,

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16, 1907.

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LINOTYPB MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16 1907.

No, 864.564 PATENTED AUG. 27, 1907.

J. R. ROGERS. 1

LIN OTYPE MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 16, 1907.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY IG. 1907 v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN R. ROGERS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 MERGENTHALER LIs TYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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Specification Letters Patent.-

Patented Aug. '27, 19oz.

Application as May 16,1907. Berial1lo.373 ,920-

To all whom it may concern: v w "Be it known that 1, JOHN R. ROGERS, of the bor- --ough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and 'State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Linotype-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to'slug-casting'or linotype machines of the general character shown in Letters Patent of the United States No. 557 ,232. In these machines, a tilting frame supports a series of inclined convergingwires or guides on the upper ends'of which suspended matrices are stored. Asthevarious characters are designated on the keyboard, the matrices are released and permitted to descend the wires by gravity all take place in connection with the production of one slug or line before the composition of a second line may from before the distribution occurs, both lines being details of construction which will answer their purpose distributed by one operation 5 Lhave represented in the accompanying drawings commercially, and itlwill be understood by the skilled mechanic that the invention is capable of embodiment in various forms, and that as regards the form and arrangement of the modified. 5 Figure 1 is a perspective view oi'the machine, with parts, she details may be widely the top or assemblage frame tilted back to the position occupied when distributing the matrices. Fig. 2 is a "planview of'that part of the machine in which the 'matrices are assembled and the slug is cast; f Fig. 3 is a perspective view'ofthe shaft for operating the rotary spacing wedges or -justifi ers. Figs. '4 and5 are perspec'tiveviews of parts of this shaft disconnected. Fig. 6 is aside elevation of the same partly insection. Fig. 7 is a cross-segtion through the matrix line and attendant parts on the linc 71-7 Fig. 14. Fig.8 is afcross-secof the slug, and also the knife which trims the bottom of.the. slug. Fig. 13 is a perspective view showing the alinement bar, the mold, and their operating connec-v tions. Fig. 14 is a view showing a'composed line of matrices and a second line partially composed, together with the attendant parts bf the machine. Fig. 15 is a perspective view of the mechanism for ejecting or delivering the slug from the mold, and'trimming or shaving it to size. Fig. 16 ha e. cross s ection through the inbld, i the matrix line and adjacent parts in casting position.

' Referring to the drawings, A represents a'rigid baseframe giving support to the various operative the machine except the top-frame.

B represents thetop-frame connected at its rear end to the base-frame by-horizontal pivots a, so that it.

may be canted or tilted upward and backward from the operative position. This 'top-frame contains a se-- parts of ries of fixed wires or guides which descend in converging lines toward the front of the machine where they are arranged in two vertical parallel tiers,

0 represent the matrices suspended from the guide 12 of the't op-frame by eyes or hooks at theirupper end. They stand normally at the upper ends of the wires and are held in place by escapementdevices connectedwith finger-keys in a keyboard D, so that when a key is actuated, the'corresponding matrix will descend to the 1ine'incourse of composition,

All of the foregoing parts may beconstructed and arranged to operate in essentially the same manner as in Patent No. 557,232.

The matrices descending one after another to the.

line, assemble-side by side with the vertical rear edges resting against a fixed support or alining abutment E. They are pressed against the support E at the. proper time by a horizontal rocking pressure bar F, one edge of. which bears against a' shoulder on themati ices in order to force'their ends downward into a solid support f2; Tm i r the'alinement of their characters.

The forward end of the matrix line is arrested against a fixed sho'ulder G. Thelopposite end of the line is confinedfby an arm H standingnormall y out jnf'the path of. the incoming matrices, biit capable of being foc ked up behind theend of the line so as to limit its" elongation when justification occurs, this action of this member being essentially the same as iii-the patent above referred to.

Heretofore theidistanc e between the line-confining members G and II, in other words, the length of the assembling channel, was equal to the length or measure of a single line or slug. In the present machine I have increased the width of the parts so that the distance between the members G and II is somewhat more than twice the length of a line or slug. I now pivot to the frame as a permanent member of the machine a vcrtically swinging'abutfnent I, which may be turned down ward in the position shown in Figs. 2, and 10, so that it will divide the matrix space or channel at the center. This finger or abutment is held rigidly against side motion or motion lengthwise of the line, and serves as a solid support against which the matrices may be justilied from either side. The distance between this finger and the abutment G is equal to the length of one slug,

and there is an equal distance between the opposite side of the finger and the line-confining arm H.

In the operation of the machine, a line of matrices of the usual length suitable for the production of one slug is composed as usual, the finger I being at such time upturned out of thepath of the matriccs, as shown. in Fig. 1. When the matrices for one line have been thus assembled, the finger is turned down and a second line of matrices is composed on the opposite side of the finger I between it and the arm H, which latter is finally turned up in position to confine the line. Thus it will be seen that the machine is adapted to coin taiu two linesof matrices at one time. one on each side of the finger I:

The justification or spacing-out of the matrix lines is effected as heretofore, by means of circular spacers or justifiers K, each consisting of two circular wcdgcsjoined side by'side and arranged to turn one on the other. These wedges are stored normally on an inclined sta tionary rod L, which is extended downward and joined at its lower end to a rotary shaft M forming a continuation thereof and extended alongside of the space occupied by the matrix lines so that in the course of composition, the spacers K, released one after another, will pass down successively to the lines in course of composition, and oc'cupy at one edge positions between the matrices, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8. When thus placed, one member of each spacer will be held from rotation while the other member may be rotated by turning the central shaft M, the effect being" to increase the fingers of the spaces so that they will fill out or justify the lines to the predetermined lengths in the same manner as in Patent No. 557,232, as well understood by those skilled in the art.

Inasmuch as there are, in the present machine, two lines of matrices to be justified at one time, and as one of those lines will frequently require more expansion than the other, it is necessary that the spacers in one line should be turned independently of those in the other line. To this end, the operating shaft M, commonly known as the justifier shaft, is divided at a point dappesite the. finger I into two independently revoluble parts 'm, m, the latter havinga reduced portion or stem m, which is extended longitudinally through a central hole in the part m. The part m is provided at one end with a pinion m and the part m is provided with a like pinion m". as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 6. These pinions are acted upon respectively, by sector racks m in, see Figs. 1, 2. 9 and 14, urged downward respectively by springs m m The racks m m, are

acted upon by a lifting cam m", acting in opposition to the springs above mentioned.

The cam, acting through the intermediate parts, holds the justilicr shaft M in its normal position during the composition or assemblage of the line, but after the matrices and spaccrs are assembled in the lines, the cams permit the racks to fall under the influence of the springs, which turn the two sections m, m, of the shaft independently, thereby rotating the spacer members and causing the two lines of matrices to be independently justilicd.

The matrices and spacers in the composed lines stand opposite a sloth-d mold X composed, as shown in Fig. 11, of upper and lowcr members n, n, which are connected by a horizomal axis and so formed that when closed together, there willcxist between them a space or slot corresponding in dimensions to the required slugs. This slot is of sullicient length to permit the casting of two slugs end to end on opposite sides of the central abutmentyor division n Fig. 1], havinga width equal to the finger I, and serving to separate the slugs The upper member n of the mold is provided with longitudinal dovetailed ribs n, over and around which the slugs are cast. After the casting action, the top member n is swung upward, carrying with it the two slugs retained upon the ribs n, from whichthey are delivercd endwise by the ejector n' It is sometimes desirable to have the machine produce a single long slug in place of the two slugs. In such event, the finger I is turned back permanently out of action, and the abutment replaced by another having a dovetailed groove to correspond with the ribs n, so as to produce a continuous groove in the long slug.

The means for operating the mold and the matrix alining plate F are shown in Fig. 13, the upper part of the mold being carried by a rock-shaft n" haying a pin ion 71. which engages a reciprocating rack-bar nflactuated by a roller 1t, secured to its end and seated in a grooved cam a in the main-shaft. This rack-bar is connebted by a link f to a crank-arm f on one end of the alining bar F for the purpose of rocking the same about its journals or pivots.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The finger I being first turned backward out of action, the operator proceeds to assemble a line of matrices and spacers between-the support E and the mold N, as usual. When all the matrices which will enter a single line are assembled, the finger I is turned down and the procedure is repeated until the composition of the second line is completed, after which the machine is set in motion as usual. The arm H swings into position to confine the end of the second matrix line. The rocking plate F closes against the matrices to alin'e them. The two sections m, m, of the justifier-sha-ft are turned independently through the action of the springs m m and the intermediate parts so that the two lines are independently justified. The casting action therttakes place as The pot and its adjuncts may usual, after which the pot retreats and the mold is turned backward the member n lying. in a horizontal position, as shown in Figs. 13 and 15, while the member 12/ is turneddownward to expose the slugs T. At this time the slugs are supported by the dovetailed ribs n directly in the path of the reciprocating ejector blade- U which pushes the slugs endwise from the ribs and between trimming knives V.

The ejecting and trimming devices may be of ordinary construction: I 1

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. in a linotype machine, the combination of matrices, a

receiving channel, means for composing the matrices in line in said channel from one end, an abutment to support the iorwardend of the line, a second finger-or abutment fixed against side motion and movable at will across the 2 In a linotype machine having a channel in which the matrices'are composed with means for confining the matrix justing the spacers of the two lines independently.

4. In combination with matrices, means for supporting the same in two distinct composed lines, rotary spacer revoluble shafts for turning the spacers in the respective lines, and means for turning thesha'fts independently.-

5..In a linotype machine, and in combination with the rotary expansible spacers, a shaft comprising two concentric fportlons m, and m, and means substantiallyvas shown for' rotating said portions independently.

Intestimon'y whereot I hereunto set my hand this tenth day of May, 1907, in the. presence of two attestingwitnesses.

JOHN R. ROGERS.

Witnesses Ronnmr G.. CLAax, .lnssm I, SMITH.

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